Healthy Kansans 2020

Current Plan

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Healthy Kansans 2020 planning process.

View Kansas Health Assessment and Improvement Plan

Healthy Kansans 2020 Planning Process

The Healthy Kansans 2020 Steering Committee and 12 Health Focus Area expert groups met over the past several months to identify common goals promoting measurable improvements in the health and well-being of Kansans. Recommendations, strategies, and next steps are currently being finalized.

Healthy Kansans Planning Process

Governor Sam Brownback addressed the Steering Committee. These leaders representing more than 35 organizations convened last fall to review health information and identify recommendations for improving the health of all Kansans. Governor Brownback encouraged the steering committee to examine the health issues that have the greatest impact on Kansas families and on growing the state’s economy.

Read the full Press Release

Steering Committee Meeting #2

At the Steering Committee's second meeting, they reviewed data and context expert recommendations for six topics:

Chronic Disease, Immunizations and Infectious Disease, Maternal, Infant, and Child Health, Oral Health, Disability and Health, and Injury Prevention

They also began identifying potential cross-cutting themes and strategies that will positively impact the health of Kansans.

Steering Committee Meeting #3

At the third meeting, the Steering Committee reviewed data and context expert recommend-
ations for five topics:

Social Determinants of Health, Access to Health Services, Mental Health, Violence Prevention, and Environmental Health.

They also finalized a draft of the priority themes and identified related strategies.

Healthy Kansans 2020 Stakeholders Meeting

The HK2020 Steering committee has identified the cross cutting themes and 11 priority strategies outlined in the
HK2020 Themes and Key Priorities document. They have further identified recommended approaches to complete the implementation plan. During the February 24th meeting participants will work to determine the who, what, where, etc. related to activities to support the selected approaches. Your participation will assure that GCOF priority actions are considered in the HK2020 Public Health Improvement Plan.

To register for this event please email
by February 20.

When:	February 24, 2014
Where:	Ramada Inn‐Topeka
	420 Southeast 6th Avenue
Time:	9:00 am to 4:00 pm

What is Healthy Kansans 2020?

Healthy Kansans 2020 is a collaborative, strategic planning effort aimed at identifying and adopting health priorities that will improve the health of all Kansans.

Healthy Kansans 2020 builds on the comprehensive, nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda, Healthy People 2020, to establish state-specific measures and initiatives.

What is Healthy People 2020?

Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans.

For 3 decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across communities and sectors, empower individuals toward making informed health decisions, and measure the impact of prevention activities.